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27 Dec 2011 21:36

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World: Prince Philip leaves hospital, immediately heads to gun-shooting party

  • Some people had expected him to grab his gun and race off to start shooting again as soon as he got back to Sandringham – but he is being sensible.
  • A Norfolk, England villager • Discussing the recent release of Prince Philip from the hospital. The Duke of Edinburgh, who is married to Queen Elizabeth, began his hospital stay Friday night after complaining of chest pains. He had to miss out on the family’s Christmas and Boxing Day traditions — but left the hospital in good spirits. The 90-year-old royal figure received a minimally-invasive coronary stenting procedure, and was released Tuesday; he’s been ordered to rest, however. Over the past year he has attended over 300 public and formal engagements, so resting might be harder than it sounds for him. In fact, as soon as he left, he went to a shooting party at the Sandringham Estate, where he was said to be in a “cheerful” mood. source
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11 Jan 2011 23:33

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U.S.: Gabrielle Giffords’ surgeon: Things going as well as they could be

  • No one that shouldn’t have died, died.
  • University Medical Center Trauma Unit chief Peter Rhee • Sounding cautiously optimistic about the results his surgery crew has had with the Gabrielle Giffords shooting last week. Rhee sounds like the right guy to be handling a shooting like this unfortunate mess – he has loads of experience with these sorts of incidents. “I was in the Navy for 24 years and I trained for nothing but battlefield casualties,” he said. . “We can take anything they throw at us from a civilian standpoint.” Giffords, by the way, remains in critical condition. source
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16 Jul 2010 17:56

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U.S.: Whoa. A statistics nerd stopped Anthem’s 39% health care increase

And he did it from a hospital bed. David Axene spent 66 hours digging through numbers on a spreadsheet the week after major surgery. It was worth it. source
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09 Apr 2010 20:20

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World: Live explosive pulled out of dude’s head very, very carefully

Only two people were in the room with the Afghan soldier that had this live explosive removed from his scalp. Everyone else was evacuated in case it blew up. source
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23 Mar 2010 20:57

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U.S.: How young is too young for major weight-loss surgery, anyway?

  • I want to be able to run. I haven’t been able to run since I was 5 years old. … I just want to be normal.
  • 14-year-old Maria Caprigno • Regarding her decision to go under the knife for purposes of losing weight. Caprigno, who weighs over 400 pounds even after losing 45, says that many of her weight problems come from a mix of genes (her parents are also overweight), couch potato status, and overeating. But the gastrectomy surgery she got, which involved removing much of her stomach, is often used on people three times her age (or older). Her doctor, though, claims holding back the surgery would have been unethical. “Her BMI [body mass index], which is a measurement we use to determine how obese someone is, put her in the highest risk category,” said Dr. Evan Nadler. “Not just morbidly obese, but two categories higher than that.” Holy crap. We’re glad she got help. source
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19 Feb 2010 10:40

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Music: Lil’ Wayne’s tooth situation probably much worse than prison

  • eight number of root canals the rapper/wannabe rocker had
  • eight number of hours the surgery took on Tuesday (yikes) source
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11 Feb 2010 20:18

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U.S.: You’re welcome: An explanation of what a freaking stent is

  • A stent is something that holds a vessel open. Ex-president Bill Clinton received two of these today when in the hospital. The ex-president is in good spirits today, but we bet he wouldn’t be without this medical wonder. He’d probably be yelling. Hopefully he can go to some other country and play our heroic diplomat again. You aren’t a doctor, are you? (graphic courtesy National Institute of Health) source
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08 Dec 2009 09:52

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Culture: Bryant Gumbel’s lung cancer > Regis Philbin’s new hip

The newscaster revealed on “Live With Regis & Kelly” (where he’s filling in for hip-getting-replaced Regis) that part of his lung was removed in the treatment. source
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01 Oct 2009 08:36

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Offbeat: China’s hairiest man, Yu Zhenhuan, is getting hair-removal surgery

The Guinness record-holder and fringe Chinese celebrity wants to prove his talent. Best part? It’s so simple, a caveman could do it. Or something. source
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11 Sep 2009 00:57

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Sports: Caster Semenya isn’t a chick. Nor is Caster a guy. Caster is both.

  • Man stuff Guy junk
    High testosterone
    Testes*     * – (internal) source
  • Man stuff Guy junk
    High testosterone
    Testes*     * – (internal)
  • Lady stuff Lady junk
    Ovaries
    A womb     source
  • Man stuff Guy junk
    High testosterone
    Testes*     * – (internal)
  • Lady stuff Lady junk
    Ovaries
    A womb
  • Pride stuff Privacy
    Dignity
    Peace     source
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